AG Schimel: Statement on Sun Prairie incident

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation and Office of Crime Victim Services have been assisting a large coalition of area law enforcement, EMS, fire departments, crime victim professionals and local leaders at the scene

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U.S. Rep. Kind: Bipartisan House coalition introduces tariff legislation

CONTACT: Gallagher Press Office: Madison Wiberg Kind Press Office: Aaron White Sanford Press Office: Scott Jeffrey Panetta Press Office: Sarah Davey Lance Press Office: John Byers Costello Press Office: Natalie McLaughlin Seeks to Reassert Congressional Authority on Tariffs  Washington, D.C. – Today Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI), joined

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WPR: Cross-border special: Trump! Trudeau! Trade!

MEDIA RELEASE  Contact: Rick Reyer, Central Regional Manager ∙ rick.reyer@wpr.org 715.261.6391 WPR And CBC Radio Conduct A Live Two-Nation Town Hall On July 15 Madison, Wis. – While President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are trading barbs about tariffs, Wisconsin Public Radio

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Sen. Hansen: WEDC’s continued failure, Green Box edition

Contact: Sen. Hansen 608-266-5671 “The decision by WEDC to write off a $1.1 million dollar loan to an area businessman convicted of fraud confirms what many of us have said from the beginning—that WEDC is the wrong model for economic development and should be scrapped for one that puts more

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WisDems: Another promise broken: As costs go up, wages will go down for Foxconn workers

Contact: TJ Helmstetter, tjh@wisdems.org Recent reporting by Arthur Thomas for BizNews, detailed below, shows that Foxconn is seeking “flexibility” in meeting its average wage target, which will be artificially boosted by including high-end executive pay in the “average” calculations. This news, of course, comes after we know that Foxconn has already scaled back its Mount

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AG Schimel: Statement on Sun Prairie incident

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation and Office of Crime Victim Services have been assisting a large coalition of area law enforcement, EMS, fire departments, crime victim professionals and local leaders at the scene of a devastating Sun Prairie explosion and fire since late

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U.S. Rep. Kind: Bipartisan House coalition introduces tariff legislation

CONTACT: Gallagher Press Office: Madison Wiberg Kind Press Office: Aaron White Sanford Press Office: Scott Jeffrey Panetta Press Office: Sarah Davey Lance Press Office: John Byers Costello Press Office: Natalie McLaughlin Seeks to Reassert Congressional Authority on Tariffs  Washington, D.C. – Today Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI), joined by his colleagues Reps. Ron Kind (D-WI), Mark Sanford (R-SC),

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WisDems: Walker’s WEDC foots taxpayers with $1 million loan given to conman in exchange for zero jobs 

Contact: Courtney Beyer, courtneyb@wisdems.org WEDC’s mismanagement casts more doubt on Foxconn deal MADISON — While Wisconsinites continue to raise concerns over Foxconn’s long history of broken job promises and the mounting $4.5 billion taxpayer giveaway to bring them here, Scott Walker’s troubled jobs agency, which also approved the Foxconn deal, has

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WPR: Cross-border special: Trump! Trudeau! Trade!

MEDIA RELEASE  Contact: Rick Reyer, Central Regional Manager ∙ rick.reyer@wpr.org 715.261.6391 WPR And CBC Radio Conduct A Live Two-Nation Town Hall On July 15 Madison, Wis. – While President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are trading barbs about tariffs, Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) and Canada’s CBC Radio are inviting citizens of both

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